My family ( i.e. me, my husband, 16 year old daughter and my 14 year old son) just returned from an incredible week in Buenos Aires. We stayed for 7 nights at the Posada de la Luna and loved it. Eli, the owner, is the most gracious host, the location is perfect and the set up was good for our family. We had the large loft-like room and a smaller room for our kids. The large room was really spacious, quiet, light and airy, with a very high ceiling (the ceilings are bricks supported by wooden beams) and our bed was comfortable. Plus there were two other beds in our room where our kids could lounge. The kids room was small and but had 3 beds (one for their stuff).

Yes, the bathrooms are tiny. Yes, they maybe oversell themselves on their webpage (there is something cultural I think about the overuse of flash animation on all of the BsAs hotels and guest houses). Yes there were some technical issues with the WiFi.

However, I want everyone to understand that I had originally made reservations for a suite at the Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires and realized, after a bad stay in the Four Seasons in San Francisco, that if we were going to fly for 10 hours to South America, I wanted to stay with South Americans (not North Americans).

Then I made reservations at The Cocker. I reserved 3 rooms. Two weeks before our trip, I found out that there had been a communication error and we did not have our reservation (I do not blame the Cocker but rather the hype associated with the photo that appeared in that not-to be-named travel magazine). The Cocker suggested we try Posada de la Luna and I am glad that they did.

We went to places (e.g. Uruguay), met wonderful people that were incredibly interesting, learned about Argentina, ate at great inexpensive non touristy restaurants and I thank Eli and the Posada de la Luna for these wonderful experiences. They were almost all a result of her advice.

SO if you want to visit Bs As and have a trip of a lifetime, please don't go for cable TV, don't check your email too much, get over our American plumbing issues, and try the Posada de la Luna.

PS this is my family in the newpaper during our trip [--]